https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:52:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2121227 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:45:46 +0000 loki 2121227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: ya i'm a bit worried about how things will go once the baby is actually here considering she stresses me out about inconsequential things like change pad covers! at least a lot of us are in the same boat so we can commiserate :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2120730 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:05:14 +0000 SunshineMcC 2120730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: aw you're not crazy at all! I think @marionberry has a really good perspective with all of this. I'm sorry to hear she wasn't willing to just do the curtains, but I think you're right about feeling better once your LO is home. I'm caught up in wanting everything perfect before I go into labor but reminding myself that it's just not possible! Sending you patience and deep breaths for dealing with mom! XO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2120683 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:30:59 +0000 Astro Bee 2120683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Loki: So sorry you didn't get your promised sewing projects done either. It is disappointing, isn't it? I'll probably go get some inexpensive curtains, like you suggested. They really do finish off the room, and I do want to take some pictures. I'm just as crazy as you, it seems! But it does seem like our moms are alike in more ways than one. She does poo-poo a lot of my ideas, just because she'd never heard of them, or never done something that exact way. Doesn't bode well for childrearing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2119378 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:32:43 +0000 loki 2119378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks everyone! i'm happy with it.</p> <p>@Astro Bee: i'm totally with you. my mom promised to make me a change pad cover and a crib sheet and a quilt. she was SO offended when i went out and bought a change pad cover &amp; crib sheet just in case... but surprise surprise, nothing is done! i mean it's nice of them to offer and i get that they're busy too. but don't commit to doing something before the baby is born if you're not gonna finish it! haha. if i were you i'd probably go buy some inexpensive curtains just because i like the look of a finished room and i'd wanna take pics with him in there while it's nice and new. but maybe i'm crazy haha. your mom sounds like mine too where she feels like she always knows best and doesn't really treat you like a human with valid opinions and thoughts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2119120 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 05:34:49 +0000 Astro Bee 2119120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SunshineMcC: I did try to explain my feelings again last night, but she said she had started the quilt first and couldn't leave the project unfinished to pick up another one. I think I need to just deal with the nursery being unfinished for another month or so. </p> <p>@Marionberry: That is a relief to hear that newborns can (and should) get used to sleeping in all conditions. Part of my frustration stems from a long standing issue of my mom never listening to what I say. She frequently makes her own priorities without regard to mine own, and they are never ever based on the practicalities. Oh, and I don't have a sewing machine, so she wouldn't be able to work on the curtains here. I'll check around with my friends, but I'm not sure if I know anyone who has one. </p> <p>Thanks for listening! I know in the grand scheme of things having the nursery complete is really unimportant, and won't matter once I bring that cute little nugget home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2119117 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 05:14:21 +0000 marionberry 2119117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: I love it and really like the sentimental elements!<br /> @astro bee: I've had similar issues in the past. Sometimes parents don't listen and it becomes about their priorities, not ours. I don't have an answer for that one but can she bring the fabric and such with her and finish it at your house? Can you give her a firm deadline for needing it done? For the first two weeks babies sleep nonstop and it's actually best to get them used to napping in daylight. This way if you're somewhere that's not dark, like the car or the grocery store, etc they still fall asleep. Plus it helps them get their days and nights fixed. My son took naps in his bouncer in our sunny living room for at least 45 days. Oh and that quilt can be used almost right away for tummy time. I'm sorry this is so frustrating and your mom isn't listening (I've really been there) but I promise when baby comes it won't be as big of a deal as you think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2119089 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 00:50:49 +0000 SunshineMcC 2119089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: the wall looks gorgeous and how for use that you have included so many meaningful things!</p> <p>@Astro Bee: I can totally understand being bummed out! I want everything done and ready to go in our nursery too, even though LO will sleep in our room. Do you think you could tell her how you're feeling and ask her to put the quilt on hold to do the curtains this week? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/7#post-2118983 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:05:04 +0000 Astro Bee 2118983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Loki: Your gallery wall looks fantastic! I really need to get on mine, as well. I did frame a few more things, so I'm closer to finishing. </p> <p>Small rant here - It looks like my curtains won't be done before the baby comes. If you recall, my mom had volunteered to do mine. Actually, I'd planned to do them myself with no-sew tape, but my mom kept saying that they wouldn't look good and the tape would never hold; even though I've know people who've used the same method, and they seemed just fine. So, she took the material back with her after her visit with the intention of finishing them after she finished the baby's quilt. It means SO much to me that she wants to make her grandson a personalized quilt, but I've said to her several times that he wouldn't be able to use it for a long time, probably a year or more, and that she needn't finish it before he's born. I thought she understood that the curtains were more pressing. But, as you know from the other thread, we don't seem to communicate very well. </p> <p>Well, my mom told me tonight that she would probably have the quilt done in the next couple of days (which is great since I know it was causing her problems) but wouldn't get to do the curtains before she came for the birth. Actually, she said she might get one panel done, but what good is one panel? She's coming Saturday, and I'm so disappointed. Her reasoning was that it was no big deal since he baby would be sleeping in our room for the first few months. Except for wanting eveythinf done, I'd planned on having him nap in his nursery during the day - we even have the monitor up on the wall ready to go. But even with blinds, it's still quite bright in that room during the day thanks to the southern exposure. So now I have to go buy a temporary set of curtains or give up on the idea of him napping in his room. Plus, I love the fabric I picked out, and was so excited to have everything done before he arrived. </p> <p>I know, first world problems here! ;) But when I'm loaded down with hormones, and so excited to almost being done with both the pregnancy and the nursery, to have a disappointment like this because either I wasn't able to clearly express what it meant to me to have the curtains done first or either I did and my mom just didn't listen to me is frustrating!</p> <p>End of rant... If you made it to the end, thanks for listening! I hope to have some updated pics up of my nursery progress by the end of the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2118260 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:15:32 +0000 NeekieRose 2118260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: Looks really great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2118183 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:11:52 +0000 PawPrints 2118183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: The gallery looks lovely, and I think the sentimental touches are wonderful. Nicely done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2118167 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0000 loki 2118167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: those are so pretty!</p> <p>i finally got around to doing the gallery wall this weekend. it took me FOREVER haha. there's a big space below the map because that's where i'm going to put her name whenever we decide on it haha. also, disregard the scissors on the dresser! </p> <p>i included a map, 2 maternity photos, a picture of a flamingo, a print i purchased that has the shakespeare quote "though she be but little she is fierce", another quote pic that says "let her sleep for when she wakes she will move mountains", a painting of bunnies that my grandma did and hung in my room my whole life annnnd the top middle is a blue heart cut from a hankerchief that was my aunt's... she passed away 6 weeks before my wedding and we had that sewn into my dress. </p> [attach=5228/15/nlo712.600x337.gallerywall3.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2111994 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:20:57 +0000 NeekieRose 2111994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: gorgeous curtains! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2111984 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:12:19 +0000 Astro Bee 2111984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Ha! I can't see me making curtains at any time of the year, never mind with two weeks left 'til my due date. Not only am I not that ambitious, I'm also not that skilled. I had planned to try no-sew (i.e., ironing seam-tape on), but I'm sure it would have looked like amateur hour, and I'm glad my mom and aunt jumped in to help. Unfortunately, my mom won't be back this way until the 28th, and I so want everything up and ready in the nursery. I do have some small projects to do, but that's it. P.S. love your curtains!</p> <p>@NeekieRose: I couldn't imagine being at a fabric store for hours with a toddler in tow!</p> <p>@SunshineMcC: I think the knobs on the closet are brushed nickel, so we'll probably go with that. The dresser doesn't have any. It has those modern cutouts where your hands go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2111884 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:41:34 +0000 PawPrints 2111884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: I think silver grommets will look great with those. Nice fabrics! At first I thought you meant YOU were going to be doing these sewing projects and I was like, wow that is ambitious this far along! Awesome that your aunt and mom will be doing that for you.</p> <p>These are the curtains we ended up choosing, the Madison Park Chace panels from Overstock. They are sheer and the pattern looks gorgeous when the sun hits them. I imagine we'll wind up pinning some blackout fabric behind them this summer since they really do not block the light but for now I am enjoying them as is. </p> [attach=1908/15/nldd9a.600x600.curtain.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2111862 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:27:05 +0000 SunshineMcC 2111862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: oh looks so nice! We went with a brushed nickel hardware for curtain rods and hardware because it's so neutral. Do you want to match any other hardware (dresser, closet knobs) in the nursery to the curtains? That was how we decided. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2111134 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:44:15 +0000 NeekieRose 2111134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: Love the fabric. And totally get the overwhelmingness of the fabric store. When I picked out all of mine for Reg's big girl room we were there for a couple hours and it involved chasing a toddler. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2110875 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:58:52 +0000 Astro Bee 2110875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my mom was here we spent a huge amount of time in fabric shops. Both fortunately and unfortunately, there were sales on at the time. So I got things at a good price, but spent a lot of the time feeling overwhelmed and sitting in chairs or on the floor while my mom shopped or stood in line to get the fabric cut. Long lines are not meant for women 8 1/2 months pregnant! The one on the left is the fabric for the curtains, while the one on the right is for the crib skirt. My mom is making one and my aunt the other. You can see the wall colour behind the chair. ETA: it looks a lot darker than it actually is, which is a medium grey.</p> <p>Just wondering, what colour grommets should we go with for the curtains? My mom arbitrarily picked up silver, but seeing as how I have to buy a new rod anyway, I can really go with anything (she said it's no problem to exchange). </p> <p>@SunshineMcC: I really like your curtain fabric. It goes great with your theme!</p> <p>[attach=5397/15/nlc025.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2107774 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:52:57 +0000 marionberry 2107774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: I buy them from Target. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2107428 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:36:29 +0000 SunshineMcC 2107428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: @NeekieRose: @Banana330: @PawPrints: @Astro Bee: thanks so much, all. So happy with it. Here is the fabric I finally decided on for curtains - so excited to get those made too!</p> <p><a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0297643/premier-prints-sea-friends-slub-navy" rel="nofollow">https://www.fabric.com/buy/0297643/premier-prints-sea-friends-slub-navy</a></p> <p>@PawPrints: oh that's going to be SO pretty - love those flowers. I am still trying to decide what to do over LO's crib - possibly some bunting or letters with his name (once we decide) - just not sure yet! Can't wait to see the finished product! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2106353 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:28:51 +0000 Astro Bee 2106353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NeekieRose: The ones from Michaels that I was looking at were also thin particleboard, although they're a different style than the ones you used. I feel better about hanging them over the crib than the heavy wooden ones, anyway. </p> <p>@Marionberry: I'll look into the 3M wall stickies. I don't think I've ever seen ones made with Velcro, though.</p> <p>@SunshineMcC: You're so lucky to have a BFF who is an interior designer. Your beach look looks so polished.</p> <p>@Pawprints: WOW! That looks amazing with the swoop action going on. I really hope your letters come in time. I had considered ordering from Etsy too, but DH and I haven't agreed on a name yet. Michael's is convenient, and I do like the letters there, although I'm sure a custom job would be much nicer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2105692 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:52:58 +0000 NeekieRose 2105692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: I have not tried that. The letters weren't terribly heavy so I thought I might be able to get away with that poster clay. No. Fail. I didn't put much more effort into finding a solution and went with nails. But that is good to know for the future!</p> <p>@PawPrints: That looks awesome! I bet it will turn out great when your letters come! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2105675 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:43:52 +0000 PawPrints 2105675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SunshineMcC: Everything looks so pretty! Nice job.</p> <p>@NeekieRose: @marionberry: @Astro Bee: We are also doing wooden letters, but I wanted to do LO's full name and I couldn't find anywhere that was selling large enough wooden letters in a font I liked enough. So I decided it was worth the splurge to purchase the wooden name from an Etsy artist, who will paint it in a custom color and make it shabby-looking. I waited pretty late to order it, I'm hoping it will be ready by the time she gets here. I'm going to buy some of those Umbra flowers to stick on the wall swooping around the name, kind of like this (via Pinterest). </p> [attach=1908/15/nl3yh4.236x354.umbra-flowers.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2105586 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:11:42 +0000 marionberry 2105586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NeekieRose: have you ever tried the 3M wall sticks with Velcro? We've used those to hang everything on our walls, including wood and metal letters. I swear by them and they come right off the walk when you're done with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2105269 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:38:40 +0000 Banana330 2105269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: it's an awesome chair. My mom actually took that picture, i think she's pretty excited we used it in the nursery. </p> <p>@marionberry: The blue is perfect and goes with the room so well. </p> <p>@SunshineMcC: love the finished look, so serene</p> <p>@lulu22: I love the peanut! I had to get that colour shipped to a friend in the US and brought to me as it's exclusive to one store! What colour are you getting? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2105228 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:30:28 +0000 NeekieRose 2105228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: I got the letters from Michaels too! They are called "wood" but they are really more like particle board. The one thing about the letters I ended up getting is that they are so thin, there wasn't really a way to hang them on a nail or hook. So I ended up nailing them to the wall and then going back over the nails with a little bit of paint. The thicker, real wood letters at Michaels have nail notches in the back which would be easier to hang. </p> <p>@SunshineMcC: Aww! It looks so great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2104716 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:23:28 +0000 marionberry 2104716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SunshineMcC: Very cute! Your gallery wall looks awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2104695 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:46:15 +0000 SunshineMcC 2104695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My BFF who is an interior designer came over today to help with the gallery wall and I'm so super happy with it!!! I went in the room probably 10 times today just to look!! Still need to get new hardware but otherwise that part of the room is done!</p> <p>[attach=3538/15/nl2vp3.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2104682 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:34:11 +0000 Astro Bee 2104682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Marionberry: That's a sweet touch to include the letters from your shower diaper cakes. They have a little more meaning that way! Unfortunately, the hall gallery wall looks like it's unfinished because I've left the brown craft paper cutouts that I'd used to plan the layout up. Big fail! DH asks me every now and then if I'm going to finish it. Most of the artwork in our house are photos that we've taken ourselves (usually while diving), which I then print, mat, and frame myself. Hopefully I'll find the time to do that over the next couple of weeks, in addition to finishing off the nursery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2104655 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:14:13 +0000 marionberry 2104655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: Ya the letters were actually from the two diaper cakes I got at my shower. As you guessed, they are the first initials for each of the boys. I may add to the gallery wall over time as I find cool pieces but I think it's good enough for now. A 90% finished gallery wall seems pretty good to me. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2015-mamas-nursery-progress/page/6#post-2104646 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:02:46 +0000 Astro Bee 2104646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Marionberry: Your gallery wall is great, especially with the two letters! Their first initials? I'm also planning a gallery wall, but haven't sorted out yet what I want to put up. Actually, I also have a gallery wall in our front hallway that has been 90% complete for over a year, so my track record on them isn't great. @SunshineMcC, @Loki: Glad I'm not the only one!</p> <p>@Banana330: I love your Monte chair. I looked at that one too before going with the Dutailier. Great craftmanship and so comfy with the lumbar pillows! I also appreciate the full moon pic behind it (given my username). </p> <p>@Neekierose: I'm so impressed with what you've managed to do with both rooms. Reagan clearly loves her big girl room. Were the names/initials custom-made? I've picked some letters out from Michael's that I really like, but DH and I will probably wait until the birth to finalize the name. It's down to 3-4, which we sort of love equally. </p> <p>@Boopers: Your pompoms look amazing. It's awesome how you tied your accent colours all throughout the room. </p>